Hat-pin.



M. 1. WILLIAMS.

HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. Is. 1916.

1,226,836. Patented May 22, 1917.

MICHAEL J. WILLIAMS, BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lllay 22, 1917.

Application filed February 15, 1916. Serial No. 78,472.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. WIL- LIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buifalmin the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins, of which vide a pin which is simple of construction,

inexpensive of manufacture and readily applicable for the purpose desired in an eifective manner.

with these and other objects in View the invention consists of the novel arrangement of parts and the novel and simple manner in which the pin is actively applied. A

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several. views of the drawing, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the pin in its normal or inactive position.

Fig. 2, is an elevation of the pin, illustrating the relation of parts, when the pin is in use, a portion of a hat being shown.

Fig. 3, is a cross-sectional view.

The pin is comprised of two correlated members, each member being comprised of a sinuous prong having a head at one end, one of said membersbeing turnably related to the other of said members for a purpose to be hereinafter fully explained.

In the drawings one of said members is designated by the letter A, and the other of said members is designated by the letter B.

The member A consists of a sinuous prong 10, to provide alternately arranged convexities 11. A head 12 is secured to one end of said prong 10, which is longitudinally straight and said end enters the head 12, at one side of the axial center, thereof.

The member B is made similar to the member A, it having a sinuous prong 14:, to provide alternately arranged convexities 15, the longitudinally straight portion designated by the numeral 16, however, is somewhat longer than the similar portion of the prong 10, and is adapted to be received in longitudinal borel? in the head 12, whereby the member B is turnably related to the member A. A head 18 is secured to the proj ecting end of the portion 16 of the prong 14:.

numeral 22.

The last convexity at the free end of each prong is continued to provide longitudinally straight pointed ends 19.

As stated the members A and B are turnably related to each other and are held against longitudinal movement with respect to each other by reason of the slight offset 20 in the prong 14, contiguous one face of the head 12, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The confronting faces of the heads 12, and 18 cooperate to hold the members A and B against turning movement when in use. This being accomplished, in the present instance, by providing one confronting face with a depression which is designated by the numeral 21, and by providing the other confronting face of the other head with a small projection designated by the The prongs l2 and 14 of the respective members A and B lie in parallelism, in their normal position, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. To use the pin it is only necessary to project the said prongs through the hat into engagement with the hair, after which the member B may be given a onehalf turn.

Upon turning the member B one-half of a revolution, the convexities of the prongs oppose each other, each alternate convexity contacting the opposite convexity of the other member, to define loops as clearly shown in Fig. 2, of the drawing.

Thus it will be manifest that as the prongs pass through the hat they engage the hair causing strands of the hair to pass between the prongs. The member B is then turned to form loops as described hereinabove, causingstrands of the hair to be engaged in the loops to effectively hold the hat upon the wearer.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it

is to be understood to cover. all variations within the scope of the invention and claims.

What is claimed as new is:-

1. An article of the class described comprising correlated members, each of said members having a sinuous prong, said prongs being coextensive, one of said members being turnably related to the other of said members.

2. An article of the class described comprising turnably correlated members, each having a prong consisting of alternately arranged convexities, said prongs being coextensive. v

3. An article of the class described, comprising correlated members, each having a convexities, a head secured to one end of one prong, an opening in said head, adapted to receive the other prong, and ahead carried by the last mentioned prong, whereby said members may be turned relatively, to bring the convexities of one prong in parallelism with the conveXities of the other prong, and points on the free ends of said prongs. V

5. An article of the class described, comprising independent members, each having a prong consisting of alternately arranged convexities, a head secured to one end of one prong, an opening in said head, adapted to receive the other prong, and a head carried by the last mentioned prong, whereby said members may be turned relatively, to bring the convexities of one prong to oppose the convexities of the other prong to define loops.

6. An article of the class described, comprising independent members, each having a prong consisting of alternately arranged convexities, a head secured to one end of one prong, an opening in said head, adapted to receive the other prong, and a head carried by the last mentioned prong, whereby said members may be turned relatively, to bring the conveXit ies of one prong to oppose the convexities of the other prong to define loops, and means for holding the prongs in loop forming position.

In testimony whereof I afiix'my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

MICHAEL J. l VILLIAMS.

Witnesses: v

CHAS. B. Hones, JAMES E. KELLY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

